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Watermelon juice before exercise combats muscle soreness

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August 23rd 2013

Athletes have known this for a while-but now it's been proven: drinking watermelon juice before a strenuous work-out can help relieve muscle soreness

Athletes have known this for a while-but now it's been proven: drinking watermelon juice before a strenuous work-out can help relieve muscle soreness.It's all down to watermelon's amino acid, L-citrulline, which has a positive effect on muscles after exercise. Researchers tested out three types of watermelon juice, including one without L-citrulline.The most effective was the natural juice with the amino acid, possibly because the body could more easily absorb it.(Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2013; 61:: 7522).